"phlegmatic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /flɛɡˈmætɪk/ Audio: en-us-phlegmatic.ogg [US] Forms: more phlegmatic [comparative], most phlegmatic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ætɪk Etymology: From Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma). Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots, with modern pronunciation following this new spelling. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fleumatik}} Middle English fleumatik, {{m|enm|flewmatik}} flewmatik, {{m|enm|flematik}} flematik, {{m|enm|fleumatyke}} fleumatyke, {{m|enm|flewmatyk}} flewmatyk, {{der|en|fro|fleumatique}} Old French fleumatique, {{der|en|la|phlegmaticus}} Latin phlegmaticus, {{der|en|grc|φλεγματικός}} Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), {{m|grc|φλέγμα}} φλέγμα (phlégma) Head templates: {{en-adj}} phlegmatic (comparative more phlegmatic, superlative most phlegmatic)
  1. Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish. Categories (topical): People, Personality Synonyms (calm and reasonable, tending not to get upset): apathetic, sluggish, cold-blooded, unflappable, stoic Translations (not easily excited to action): муден (muden) (Bulgarian), флегматичен (flegmatičen) (Bulgarian), flegmàtic (Catalan), flegmatický (Czech), flegmatisk (Danish), flegmatisch (Dutch), flegma (Esperanto), flegmaattinen (Finnish), flegmatique [feminine, masculine] (French), flegmático (Galician), bacento (Galician), phlegmatisch (German), φλεγματικός (flegmatikós) (Greek), פלגמטי (flegmati) (Hebrew), phlegmatic (Interlingua), fuarchúiseach (Irish), flemmatico (Italian), рамно́душен (ramnódušen) (Macedonian), флегма́тичен (flegmátičen) (Macedonian), flegmatyczny [masculine] (Polish), fleumático (Portuguese), флегмати́ческий (flegmatíčeskij) (Russian), флегмати́чный (flegmatíčnyj) (Russian), flemático (Spanish), flegmatisk (Swedish), sävlig (Swedish), флегмати́чний (flehmatýčnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), флегматик (flehmatyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-phlegmatic-en-adj-kOYb~VPx Disambiguation of People: 53 21 26 Disambiguation of Personality: 74 11 15 Disambiguation of 'calm and reasonable, tending not to get upset': 91 9 Disambiguation of 'not easily excited to action': 96 4
  2. Generating, causing, or full of phlegm. Translations (generating, causing, or full of phlegm): слузест (sluzest) (Bulgarian), flegmàtic (Catalan), phlegmatisch (German), слу́зест (slúzest) (Macedonian), flemático (Spanish), flegmatisk (Swedish) Translations (watery): apos [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), apoasa [feminine] (Romanian), aposi [masculine, plural] (Romanian), apoase [feminine, plural] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-phlegmatic-en-adj-xFdyDKAA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 50 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 53 20 Disambiguation of 'generating, causing, or full of phlegm': 4 96 Disambiguation of 'watery': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phlegmatick, phlegmaticke, phlegmatique [obsolete] Related terms: phlegm, phlegmatically Coordinate_terms: choleric, melancholic, sanguine

Noun [English]

IPA: /flɛɡˈmætɪk/ Audio: en-us-phlegmatic.ogg [US] Forms: phlegmatics [plural]
Rhymes: -ætɪk Etymology: From Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma). Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots, with modern pronunciation following this new spelling. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fleumatik}} Middle English fleumatik, {{m|enm|flewmatik}} flewmatik, {{m|enm|flematik}} flematik, {{m|enm|fleumatyke}} fleumatyke, {{m|enm|flewmatyk}} flewmatyk, {{der|en|fro|fleumatique}} Old French fleumatique, {{der|en|la|phlegmaticus}} Latin phlegmaticus, {{der|en|grc|φλεγματικός}} Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), {{m|grc|φλέγμα}} φλέγμα (phlégma) Head templates: {{en-noun}} phlegmatic (plural phlegmatics)
  1. One who has a phlegmatic disposition. Translations (person): flegmaatikko (Finnish), flegmatiker (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-phlegmatic-en-noun-bHTFJjjr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phlegmatick, phlegmaticke, phlegmatique [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "not easily excited to action",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "not easily excited to action",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "fuarchúiseach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "not easily excited to action",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "not easily excited to action",
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      "sense": "not easily excited to action",
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      "sense": "not easily excited to action",
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      "sense": "not easily excited to action",
      "word": "flemático"
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      "sense": "not easily excited to action",
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      "word": "sävlig"
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